In case you hadn't heard, last night was the first of three debates for the upcoming presidential election. While Mitt Romney and Barack Obama butted heads over the economy, a very notable quotable came up from Romney regarding government loans to the greener part of the auto industry.

You put $90 billion, like 50 years' worth of breaks, into - into solar and wind, to Solyndra and Fisker and Tesla and Ener1. I mean, I had a friend who said you don't just pick the winners and losers, you pick the losers, all right? So this is not the kind of policy you want to have if you want to get America energy secure.

Fisker took time to respond to the Fisker Karma fire we exclusively first reported this weekend.…
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Both companies participate in a nascent industry and have had a few issues, so the question is should the government be participating in risky investments with taxpayer money? Do you think Mitt is right that these companies are wastes of government money and failures?.